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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:54 PM

Indeed it is, came across a few pics awhile ago that showed the piano string strung across a road luckily they had stopped a few meters before it. off with da heads.owch!!

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:08 PM

I don't think I would like to be the first guy in the regiment who taught everyone else the importance of a piece of scrap metal welded to the bumper! OW-well-probably instant death-but you know OW. That is a particularly nasty one

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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jkeller

Member since
December 2002
From: Grand Blanc, MI USA

Posted by jkeller on Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:42 PM

Looking good beav, feldgrau23, claymore68 & thundergod. Sorry i'm a little behind, had to read through a few pages haven't read the post lately.

Haven't made too much progress on the Quad. Finished the undercarriage and wheels. Working on wheathering and touching up the engine.

Joe

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 6:06 AM

Sure petbat some pictures of the Afrika Korps uniform would be great, sorry I didn't respond right away, my internet was acting up ;)

IS there another way besides windex? I don't think my mom would like me using it all up :D

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 9:13 AM

ManiK_Impressive!!! i see in your sig you have a pic from forgotten hope. in the off topic descussions we have started a bf1942 clan if you want to join.

also for some on topic stuff: how are you all putting mud on your vehicles? i'm kinda new to armour.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 10:38 AM

t3488g

I put mud on by mixing 50/50 of white glue (Elmers glue) and water then mix in real dirt and then an acrylic earthy color, I used earth brown (suit to your color) do not use enamels they will not work, remember oil and water dont mix Smile [:)]

mix it all really good then apply with a brush, tooth pic ir what ever you want really. when the mud is dry, drybrush it with your earthy brown and thats it.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 1:57 PM

wow thanks, that seems easier than i thought it would be. I just painted the tracks and road wheels the same color as the ground, and to my surprise it came out just like the pic of it in my display pic. here it ther pic of what i am talking about, this is a work in progress, forget about the unpainted jeep, it will be painted some time. the jeep in not for the GB i buit it a month before when this started.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 1:57 PM

Do you guys play Forgotten Hope or just regular BF?

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Scorn

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March 2004
From: Sarepta, LA

Posted by Scorn on Friday, April 30, 2004 7:11 PM

I prefer DC (bf1942 mod).

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 8:43 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ManiK_Impressive

Do you guys play Forgotten Hope or just regular BF?

we play mostly bf1942, some have forgotten hope, i am trying to dl it but my internet keeps crashing. you can see the discussion in the off topic fsm forum.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 9:59 PM

Forgotten Hope is great, and the best part is that it's as realistic as you can get rght now, try getting azureus and downloading the bittorrent version. Sorry for going OT.

But are there any other simple methods of thinning down acrylics?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 2:07 AM

LOL, look what I just spotted!!! New detail sets for the 222 from Royal models. They are sure to be pricey though.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 7:24 AM

Damn I wish I could afford the detail set for my 223, I hate being poor ;-)

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 12:25 PM

Holy Cow, that is amazing-I can't believe that you can fix a model up that much!
My M20 is nearing completion, I only need to place the MG on the ring, and give it some decals. I placed some antennas on it-old paintbrush bristles, and they looks semi decent. I need to fix some of the white spots on them though.

Oh yeah, there is gonna be a suprise in this build for all you out there! Guess what it is?
Ha, I won't tell you. You will have to inspect the finished pics...whenever I get them taken.
HINT: I have to rumage for the weaponry and new decals for it-as the kit ones aren't good enough for me.

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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beav

Member since
May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 5:51 PM

Alright, my next post, I promise, will have the completed model pics, and If I do another picture post afterwards, it will have the model on it's vingette base-thing.
The decals, the MG, and it's brand new paint brush bristle antennas are all on, and so are many other little goodies.

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 7:00 PM

Sure,,,,, I am nearly finished with mine and now you find that edog. Oh well next time. Thanks for the Info tho. Is the website for that just Royalmodels.com????

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:01 PM

yah, the pic is from http://www.royalmodel.com/ but the site is so screwy that i didn't bother posting it. The new sets do look nice though. At $45, and $55, they had better be nice!!!

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:54 PM

Hey all, you never know what you can do with an old CD-R case bottom-turn it into a mini model stand! I covered mine with white glue, and dirt, viola! a dirt scape for the M20!

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 9:43 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by beav

Hey all, you never know what you can do with an old CD-R case bottom-turn it into a mini model stand! I covered mine with white glue, and dirt, viola! a dirt scape for the M20!

wow! great idea. speaking of cd cases, i am using one to build a solar pannel for a school project.

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 9:52 PM

I had been planning to use it for a mini dio stand for a long time, and I finally got around to building something out of it. They are also multiuse display stands. And if your subject is small enough, it becomes a travel case! with the clear plastic top on of course!
I am so sorry that I have not posted pics-but it is the 'grand march' for my Senior High's prom, and my sister is there, along with my parents-and the digital camera. I guess you and I will all have to wait-but it looks really cool now that it is totally 100% unique. No just some plastic scrap

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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beav

Member since
May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Sunday, May 2, 2004 10:04 AM

HERE WE GO
BEAV"S M20!
[img]http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/upload/M20_Fr[img]
[img]http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/upload/M20_Lf_S[img]
[img]http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/upload/M20_Re[img]
[img]http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/upload/M20_Tp[img]

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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beav

Member since
May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Sunday, May 2, 2004 10:05 AM

DANG IT DIDNT WORK AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 4:47 PM

Here Beav Thouht I would help you out again.

Thats deffinatly a different way to see a M20. Saw Pictures of a captured M8.
Great job Beav.

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Awasoda

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by Awasoda on Sunday, May 2, 2004 5:48 PM

Ok all done, well I just have to put a head on the driver. I will post pics when i can.

IF you can't beat them then they are not tied down properly

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 9:23 PM

looks great Beav Im tinking of doing the same with my firefly as in terms of decals.Or go with the ones that supposably took out whittmans 007. Nahhh.

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Monday, May 3, 2004 3:35 PM

I love adding different unused dimensions to models if I can...
It just makes them better, even if there are huge gaps on the interior....

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 5:17 PM

Ok as promised here is some nonfuzzies I do plan on dirting up the windshield .

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Awasoda

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by Awasoda on Monday, May 3, 2004 7:44 PM

EVERYTHINGS DONE!!!! I sent my picture to beav, im jsut waitng for him to put it on his site

IF you can't beat them then they are not tied down properly

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 12:29 AM

Beav & TG...look great guys.

Beav you are oh so close in posting pics. Look where you typed the 'img' after the URL address of the pics. You need to put a forward slash (a '/' ) in front of those 'img's' at the end of the pics to tell the system it is the last part of that command. So basically you have img in square brackets, followed by the URL address of the pic, then /img in square brackets. Then you do the same for each subsequent pic.

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Scorn

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March 2004
From: Sarepta, LA

Posted by Scorn on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 1:08 PM

I am seriously hating German kits! lol That said, I am going to build an Academy MUTT in Israeli colors and submit that. I actually gave my painted and weathered 250/1 to a buddy because I just didn't like the way it looked.

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